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LFTR offers greater efficiency and safety over today’s operating reactors, and even proposed light water / boiling water reactors. LFTR also provides spare processes heat and valuable isotopes as a byproduct of normal operation, something today’s reactors can not, due to their low operating temperature.

Alex Cannara – Ionizing Radiation & Health @ TEAC4

Alex gives overview of our current inadvertent terraform, focusing on ocean acidification as highest potential for near-term disaster. The urgency of addressing this problem is contrasted with mus-information and poor policy surrounding the effects of radiation. Linear no-threshold is examined.

Alex Cannara – Linear No-Threshold Radiation Lies @ TEAC4

This is a portion of Alex Cannara’s TEAC4 presentation, focusing elusively on the effects of radiation, and that misinformation have been used to guide government policy, and also mislead the public as to the effects of exposure to small amounts of radiation.

Canadian David LeBlanc describes the benefits of liquid fuel Molten Salt Reactors over solid fuel reactors, emphasizing reactor design over any relative advantages of thorium or uranium. Come for the thorium, stay for the reactor!

The western world has within its capacity far more than enough rare earths (including heavy rare earths) to meet its own industrial demand. It is an unwillingness to process material containing thorium which is ultimately impeding our high tech manufacturing sector.

Dr. David LeBlanc speaks about using a nuclear reactor to generate steam for SAGD projects in the oil sands. Excerpted from the full presentation David LeBlanc – Molten Salt Reactor Designs, Options & Outlook @ TEAC4

Eric Meyer chroma interview for THORIUM REMIX shot at TEAC4

Right before TEAC4 wrapped up, Eric has a moment to step in front of the chroma-key and talk about what drew him to thorium as an energy resource. Eric also shares his thoughts on effective communication, and how emotion affects learning.

Takashi Kamei traveled from Japan to share insight into improved safety precautions being applied to Japanese nuclear reactors, and the heightened interest in thorium molten salt reactors. This video discusses Fukushima in detail and the extra safety measures now being taken.

Jim Kennedy shared his thoughts (while standing in front of a chroma-key) on United States unwillingness to address China’s industrial espionage against Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) in [likely] pursuit of Molten Salt Reactor technology. Jim asks: Is the Department of Energy intentionally facilitating Th-MSR technology transfer to China?

We need a profound revolution in the way power is generated and delivered to our economies – cheap power, modular power, clean power. We need a revolution in power innovation, we need a new stream engine. – Simon Irish

Richard Martin – Risk, Decline & the Future of Energy @ TEAC4

Richard was one of the first energy experts to promote the development of thorium (in Wired Magazine). SuperFuel explains how we can wean ourselves off our fossil-fuel addiction, deliver a safe energy source for a millennia, and avert the risk of catastrophic climate change.

Michael – Student Designers of Molten Salt Reactor Components @ TEAC4

Cavan compares coal-tar to thorium, as a waste product nobody wanted which turned out to be extremely valuable. There’s going to be a major geopolitical shift towards the countries which develop thorium energy. Liquid fuel provides passive safety options.

Ondrej Chvala a Nuclear Engineering post-doc at University of Tennessee Knoxville for THORIUM REMIX

Ondřej observes lack of expertise in molten salt reactors (from people who are not retired or dead) is holding back development of this technology. Molten Salt Reactors are not taught as part of today’s nuclear curriculum.

The western world has within its capacity far more than enough rare earths (including heavy rare earths) to meet its own industrial demand. It is an unwillingness to process material containing thorium which is ultimately impeding our high tech manufacturing sector.

Alex Cannara on the importance of nuclear power’s high energy density, and the advantage of thorium as a source of nuclear power. Low energy density energy sources such as solar and wind have a significant environmental impact unless deployed on land already being used for other purposes, though rooftop solar gives an efficient use of space.

Rick Maltese – Support a Nuke Song @ TEAC4

Rick Maltese wrapped up Thorium Energy Alliance Conference #4 with a song about nuclear power. He’s posted lyrics and a better sounding copy as a digital download here http://rickmaltese.bandcamp.com/